1950 Buick Super Stromberg Carb Connections

[Guest drahcir]

Hi, my friend in Europe is restoring a 1950 Buick Super with a Stromberg carb. There are two connections that are baffling him as to where they go. He is pointing to them in the pics. Can anyone help? Thanks!

[avgwarhawk]

I would say the chock tube off the exhaust manifold in the top picture and the base of the carb in the bottom picture goes to the vacuum advance on the distributor.  

[Guest drahcir]

Thank you! I'll relay your message.

[Guest drahcir]

Apparently after trying this solution, the car still has trouble starting cold. If we assume the carb is ok and connected, is there anything else that might affect cold starts?

 

Thanks!

[Beemon]

Is the choke adjusted properly for cold starting? Are there any vacuum leaks?

[avgwarhawk]

Describe the trouble.    As Beemon asked, is the chock butterfly adjusted correctly?    Do you possibly have a repair manual?  

[Pete O]

https://www.hometownbuick.com/1950-buick-stromberg-carburetor/

 

Link above is to the shop manual pages describing he stromberg carb/

[Guest]

I had two 53 Buick Specials.  One with a carter carb and one with a Stromberg.  The Stromberg always ran perfectly, once a year I would take the cover off the choke and spray in some cleaner, work the mechanism and put the cover back on.  Always started even at -45 degrees, not plugged in and sitting outside all day or all night.  The one with  the carter never started right if the sun was down or a wind was blowing.  Only kept it one winter.  Kept the other one 11 years.